University Funding Opportunities
In addition to the College of Engineering Post Doc Information site through the Associate Dean for Research and engineering departments and programs, researchers can explore resources internal to the University listed on the U-M Library website such as:
- Center for the Education of Women (CEW) works to break down barriers and increase access through funding. Open to all U-M students, staff, faculty, and surrounding community, they offer opportunities for scholarships, emergency grants, sponsorship’s, fellowships, and more for a range of situations and life circumstances.
- Dow Sustainability Fellows Program provides a range of awards for graduate students and post-docs committed to working on sustainable solutions to national and international challenges.
- Ginsberg Center provides grants, scholarships, and paid internships administered by the Ginsberg Center, in support of service-learning and civic engagement projects and programs. Offered to students and student groups.
- Rackham Graduate School administers various funding opportunities for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.
- Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) provides guidance and funding resources for students with disabilities.
- Students with Children
- Veterans and Military Services provides guidance and scholarships for veterans and those in military service.
External Funding Opportunities
The following are external, non-University scholarship opportunities that may be of interest to University/College postdocs. Inclusion of an external scholarship opportunity is intended only as a resource for students, and does not express or imply any University involvement with, or endorsement of, the external program.
An * indicates that a fellowship may be open to international postdocs.
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science & Technology Policy Fellowships
- American Association of University Women (AAUW) American Postdoctoral Fellowships
- American Association of University Women (AAUW) International Fellowships *
- Argonne National Laboratory Fellowships *
- Belgian American Educational Foundation (BAEF) Fellowships for Study or Research in Belgium
- Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Diversity Fellowships
- Hibbitt Engineering Fellows at Brown University *
- John von Neumann Fellowship *
- L’Oreal Women in Science Fellowship
- Luce Scholars Program
- Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
- Sandia National Laboratories, Jill Hruby Fellowship
- Sandia National Laboratories, President Harry S. Truman Fellowship in National Security Science and Engineering
- Small Business Postdoctoral Research Diversity Fellowship
- The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships
- Toptal Scholarships for Women*
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Presidential Management Fellows Program
- United Negro College Fund (UNCF) Merck Graduate Science Research Dissertation Fellowships